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Offline Bakersdozen

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Re: Honey spinning method
« Reply #20 on: February 08, 2018, 05:58:27 am »

How do you guys clean your extractor? Best I can think of is pouring boiling water from my kettle, but that'd be quite slow because my kettle only holds a litre of water.

I set my extractor outside and let the bees clean up any small amounts.  If there is a lot left over, they can drown in the honey.  Once that is done, I carry buckets of hot soapy water outside to the extractor.  I turn the crack and splash water all around.  I then repeat with clean hot water, turn upside down and let air dry.  I have some sharp surfaces inside my extractor, so I am very careful about scrubbing surfaces by hand.

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Re: Honey spinning method
« Reply #21 on: February 08, 2018, 12:56:40 pm »
Boiling water will melt the wax and then it will be solidified on the surfaces, use warm water less than 130F. deg to rinse any wax partials away.
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Re: Honey spinning method
« Reply #22 on: March 16, 2018, 06:42:44 am »
The bees often never fully cap a frame. Honey from a non-capped cell, is from my understanding not complete honey, tends to have too high moisture content and can ferment.

When can I spin extract a frame that isn't fully capped? Someone told me that as long as 80% of the frame is capped then you're okay but I'm not sure if that's true.

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Re: Honey spinning method
« Reply #23 on: March 16, 2018, 11:16:29 am »
yes, 80 % or a little less. you can do a shake test if you don't have a refractometer. take the frame give it a hard shake face down. if anything fly's out, i don't extract it. too high in moisture.
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